Not only is Antarctic sea ice area at a record high, and more than seventeen thousand Manhattans larger than the highest Arctic ice area ever recorded – but it is has been above normal every day during 2012

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Oh, my, what statistical marvel can I come up with for THAT? Lemme see, above normal for 262 days in a row, what are the odds if there should be an equal chance of being above or below every day? One in 2^262 or one in 7.41e78. Now using Fred Hoyle’s mass of the universe as 8 × 10^52 kg, and taking a few liberties and assuming it is in units of hydrogen equivalents, and using the mass of hydrogen as 1 g/mol, there are 8×10^55g H equiv * 6.02e23 or 4.82e79 hydrogen atom equivalent masses in the universe. And since the odds of antarctic ice being this high by chance is 7.41e78, the odds of this happening by chance is about the same as one seventh of the number of hydrogen atoms in the universe. Which is pretty freakin’ conclusive if you ask me.

Now who on earth is going to argue with odds like that? HUH? What kind of science denier does it take to ignore the EVIDENCE?

If the anomaly continues positive for the entire year it will be the first time it happens, since 1979, according to the following graph
The year when it almost happened was 2009, with two negative minima very close to zero.